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1. The Impact of Climate Change on Land

   Ponencias
   Mayo 2011
   Robert Mendelsohn

   In this paper, Robert Mendelsohn discusses land use changes in agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry, and recreational activities. Although the precise magnitude of climate change is not known,...

2. Climate Change and U.S. Cities

   Vulnerability, Impacts, and Adaptations
   Ponencias
   Noviembre 2015
   William Solecki

   William Solecki examines the challenge climate change creates for city planning complicated by the fact that barring serious intervention, some urban land may eventually be underwater. Climate change...

3. Climate Change and the Management of National and State-Owned Land in the United States

   Ponencias
   Mayo 2011
   Christopher McGrory Klyza

   In this paper, Christopher McGrory Klyza discusses the relationship between the management of federal resource land and climate change. The federal agencies that oversee national land are the Bureau...

4. Preparing for Rising Water Along U.S. Coastlines

   Ponencias
   Mayo 2011
   Bruce Babbitt

   In this paper, Bruce Babbitt argues that the most extensive land use impacts in the United States caused by climate change will occur along coastlines. Rising sea levels are already encroaching on...

5. Water Rights and Markets in the U.S. Semiarid West

   Efficiency and Equity Issues
   Ponencias
   Noviembre 2011
   Gary D. Libecap

   In this paper, Gary D. Libecap explores water in the semiarid western United States-a region in which many of the intensifying demand and supply problems regarding fresh water are playing out-as a...

6. Town Planning Schemes as a Hybrid Land Readjustment Process in Ahmedabad, India

   A Better Way to Grow?
   Ponencias
   Mayo 2012
   Bishwapriya Sanyal and Chandan Deuskar

   In India, local governments have increasingly relied on town planning schemes (TPS) to influence urban growth and to finance affordable housing and basic infrastructure. TPS is a hybrid land...

7. Integrating Adaptation and Mitigation in Local Climate Change Planning

   Ponencias
   Mayo 2011
   Elisabeth M. Hamin

   Another land use planning issue related to climate policy is the potential tradeoffs in land use between adaptation and mitigation. Whereas typical mitigation measures, such as compact city structure...

8. Property Rights Protection and Spatial Planning in European Countries

   Ponencias
   Mayo 2009
   Vincent Renard

   Confiscation of an owner’s property is not the only form of taking. If government regulations limit all viable uses of a property and cause a substantial decrease in its value, this in most cases is...

9. Infrastructure and Urban Development

   Evidence from Chinese Cities
   Ponencias
   Mayo 2013
   Yan Song

   This paper by Yan Song discusses the links between infrastructure provision and urban expansion, the relationship between levels of infrastructure and land prices, and the mechanisms used to finance...

10. Assessing the Infrastructure Impact of Mega-Events in Emerging Economies

    Ponencias
    Mayo 2013
    Victor A. Matheson

    Mega-events such as the Olympics or the World Cup are associated with large infrastructure investments and promises of high economic returns. However, the evidence from host economies shows that...